UNION, N.J. – The Drew University men's soccer team matched the program's best start since 2001, as the Rangers earned a 3-0 shutout at Kean (4-3-1) on Wednesday for their eighth-straight victory to open the season.
Drew (8-0-0) begins Landmark Conference play on Saturday, heading to Goucher College for a 1:00 p.m. match.
Ranger goalie
Calum Erlenborn came up with a key play in the opening 10 minutes of the contest, charging out to make a save right off the foot of Kean's Sadeiki Roberts.
Just over five minutes later with 11:24 expired, the visitors broke through with the game's first goal.
James Cahill crossed the ball from the wing into the Cougar penalty area, where
Christian Tyson settled the pass and fired a shot into the right side of the net for his team-leading seventh tally of the season.
Matthew Agudelo had a pair of chances for the Rangers later in the frame, but both of his bids went over the crossbar as it stayed a 1-0 contest into halftime.
In the second half, Drew used a pair of goals 2:28 apart to extend the margin to 3-0. Tyson turned playmaker on the first of those scores winning the ball along the end line and sending a pass back to
Kevin Kiernan, who buried a shot into the right side an even six minutes into the period. Moments later, the Rangers were awarded a free kick on the left side and Agudelo touched a short pass back to
Thomas Zurkowski. Zurkowski drilled a low shot from outside the penalty area inside the left post for a three-goal difference.
Tyson had a golden chance to add to the lead with 27:47 remaining with a penalty kick, but Kean goalie Dillon Konzelmann thwarted the attempt.
Erlenborn secured his third shutout of the season with 1:37 remaining, knocking away a rising shot for his fifth and final save of the contest. Konzelmann also had five stops for the Cougars.
